Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet
By: Daisy Dunn
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, an…
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1. The House of Binding Thorns (Dominion of the Fallen, #2)
By: Aliette de Bodard
3.89
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings continues her Dominion of the Fallen… read more
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2. Doctor Zhivago
By: Boris Pasternak , John Bayley , Manya Harari , Max Hayward
4.01
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
This epic tale about the effects of the Russian Revolution and its aftermath on a bourgeois family … read more
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- literature
- classics
"Only the superfluous is sordid"-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"Only the familiar transformed by genius is truly great."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"The last moments slipped by, one by one, irretrievable."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
"And the strong are dominated by the weak and the ignoble."-Boris Pasternak, Doctor Zhivago
3. Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
3.91
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates… read more
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- ancient history
- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"A hugely complicated, centrally planned, social and economic system can only be kept on the rails for as long as people believe in it."-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"But belief in a system cannot be sustained for ever. Empires based solely on power and domination, while allowing their subjects to do as they will, can last for centuries. Those that try to control …"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Assyria soon discovered a painful truth: empires are like Ponzi schemes: financial frauds in which previous investors are paid returns out of new investors' deposits. The costs of holding imperial te…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
"Anyone who has ever watched children amuse themselves will recognize that the scientific and technological face of civilization is precisely the result of play in its purest form. Just as children ar…"-Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
4. The Bacchae
By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None
3.92
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- classics
"Cleverness is not wisdom."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"He who believes needs no explanation."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"-Euripides, The Bacchae
5. The Private Lives of the Saints: Power, Passion and Politics in Anglo-Saxon England
By: Janina Ramírez
4.12
Format: 176 pages, ebook
Skulduggery, power struggles and politics, The Private Lives of the Saintsoffers an original and fa… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
6. A History of the World in 6 Glasses
By: Tom Standage
4.40
Format: None pages, Paperback
Throughout human history, certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standa… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
7. Queens of the Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens
By: Alison Weir
3.69
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
The story of England's medieval queens is vivid and stirring, packed with tragedy, high drama and e… read more
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8. The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women Across the Ancient World
By: Adrienne Mayor
4.26
Format: 112 pages, Hardcover
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemi… read more
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9. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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10. The Complete Poems
By: Catullus , Guy Lee
3.37
Format: None pages, Paperback
Of all Greek and Latin poets Catullus is perhaps the most accessible to the modern reader. Dealing … read more
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11. Empire of the Sun (Empire of the Sun, #1)
By: J.G. Ballard
3.82
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
The classic, award-winning novel, made famous by Steven Spielberg's film, tells of a young boy's st… read more
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12. Mammoths at the Gates (The Singing Hills Cycle, #4)
By: Nghi Vo
4.24
Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition
The Hugo and Crawford Award-Winning Series! The wandering Cleric Chih returns home to the Singin… read more
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- audiobook
13. Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the House of Caesar
By: Tom Holland
4.15
Format: 496 pages, Kindle Edition
Author and historian Tom Holland returns to his roots in Roman history and the audience he cultivat… read more
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- classics
- biography
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
14. Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871–1918
By: Katja Hoyer
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
15. When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
By: Kara Cooney
3.69
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cl… read more
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- biography
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"It should come as no surprise that women need to work doubly hard to prove their right to power. They have to look to their menfolk around them who can support their claim, rather than detract from i…"-Kara Cooney, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt
16. Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
By: Annalee Newitz
3.79
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A quest to explore some of the most spectacular ancient cities in human history—and figure out why … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
"Often it is in the most squalid and filthiest of places that we can uncover profound truths about a society that considers itself civilized."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"There was no giant sign proclaiming the end of life as they'd known it; instead, there was a mounting pile of annoyances and disappointments."-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
"City leaders pour resources into beautiful spectacles for political reasons, rather than providing good roads, functioning sewers, relatively safe marketplaces, and other basic amenities of urban lif…"-Annalee Newitz, Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age
17. Cleopatra's Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen
By: Jane Draycott
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient … read more
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- history
- ancient history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. A Rome of One's Own: The Forgotten Women of the Roman Empire
By: Emma Southon
4.23
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the acclaimed author of A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum comes a wildly entertai… read more
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- biography
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
19. Phaedra
By: Laura Shepperson
3.32
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding … read more
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20. The Red Prince: The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
By: Helen Carr
4.08
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Gaunt was son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV and the sire of all th… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- history
- audiobook
21. The Other Name: Septology I-II
By: Jon Fosse
4.06
Format: 351 pages, Paperback
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway.… read more
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- literature
"...there inside the person is what will pass away and become one with what is invisible in everything..."-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
"...what's beautiful in life turns out bad in a painting because it's like there's too much beauty, a good picture needs something bad in it in order to shine the way it should, it needs darkness in i…"-Jon Fosse, The Other Name: Septology I-II
22. Domina: The Women Who Made Imperial Rome
By: Guy de la Bédoyère
3.87
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
A captivating popular history that shines a light on the notorious Julio-Claudian women who forged … read more
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- biography
- history
- ancient history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Nero: Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
By: Anthony Everitt
3.92
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
A striking, nuanced biography of Nero--the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars--an… read more
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- history
- ancient history
- biography memoir
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- audiobook
24. Sex and Sexuality in Ancient Rome
By: L.J. Trafford
3.90
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
From Emperors and empresses, poets and prostitutes, slaves and plebs, Ancient Rome was a wealth of … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
25. Glorious Exploits
By: Ferdia Lennon
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An utterly original celebration of that which binds humanity across battle lines and history. On… read more
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"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I had the feeling that the future and the pas…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
"He sang a song from Media's chorus, it was a few bitter scenes later when the kids are dead, and it gives a weird sense of time mergin', and for a moment I have the feeling that the future and the pa…"-Ferdia Lennon, Glorious Exploits
26. The Quiet Americans: Four CIA Spies at the Dawn of the Cold War—A Tragedy in Three Acts
By: Scott Anderson
4.14
Format: 562 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia, a gripping history of the early years of the Col… read more
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- biography
- history
- audiobook
27. The Poems
By: Propertius
3.95
Format: 205 pages, Paperback
Of all the great classic love poets, Propertius, alive around 50-10 BCE, is surely one of those wit… read more
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- classics
- classical studies
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"Trapassa anche le sponde del fato un grande amore."-Propertius, The Poems
28. Gravitational Waves: How Einstein’s Spacetime Ripples Reveal the Secrets of the Universe
By: Brian Clegg
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Until then, investigation of the universe had depended on electromagnetic radiation: visible light,… read more
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- audiobook
29. Catullus' Bedspread: The Life of Rome's Most Erotic Poet
By: Daisy Dunn
3.71
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A vivid narrative that recreates the life of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome’s first modern” poet, an… read more
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- classical studies
- literature
- ancient history
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
30. Greece Against Rome: The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250–31 BC
By: Philip Matyszak
4.37
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander th… read more
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- history
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